State Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Dr. June Atkinson visited Bladen County schools Tuesday. Bladen County is one of three counties in the area asking voters to help pay for school improvements in the upcoming election.
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Yesterday state regulators told a local charter school company the information they submitted about employee salaries last month is incomplete. Today, a company leader responded publicly.
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Working in a classroom requires a certain about of patience and working with special education students, that takes a special person.
"When I first started everybody told me, 'You might not like it when you get in the classroom,’” said Courtney Link.
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A New Hanover County Schools teacher was arrested near Leland Saturday and charged with DWI. Trooper Sanders said William Bessmer was riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle and had been traveling at 103 mph in a 55-mph work zone.
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Benji Horrell, our Teacher of the Week, brings sweet music to the halls of Hoggard High School.
With a performer's heart and an educator's head, Mr. Horrell is an inspiration to both past and present students.
The Choral Director says performing, not teaching, is his favorite thing because that's when everyone is singing at one time and that means there are sometimes as many as 150 singers on stage.
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Average scores for public school seniors taking the SAT rose two points in 2014, but their overall scores were slightly below the national average.
A statement from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction on Tuesday said the state's critical reading score of 499 surpassed the nation's reading score of 497.
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Close to $2 million is being spent by outside groups on new television advertisements in North Carolina's U.S. Senate race - one from anti-abortion forces and another from the nation's largest teachers union.
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